Several PSP Mini games announced at GamesCom 2009 are ports of games already on iPhone. One is Hero of Sparta, an impressive-looking brawler getting upgraded for a downloadable PSP debut. The upgrades are largely related to the controls and visual fidelity, but will otherwise be the same game. It begs the question: how much should it cost? Should it be priced like the iPhone version?
Hero of Sparta is currently $1.99 through iTunes, but the game launched at $9.99. Price fluctuations are normal on iTunes to stimulate sales, but it's unclear whether a similar strategy is possible through PlayStation Network. In any case, Sony has not announced a specific pricing hierarchy for PSP Minis and Gameloft isn't about to spill the beans.
"Sony will be the first to make any official announcement on this subject," said Gameloft public relations manager Carmen Pearson in an e-mail. "But from a customer perspective, we think that the pricing should be in similar range on both marketplaces."
The second comment may provide some insight into Sony's strategy. We should be hearing more about the pricing of PSP Minis soon, but it's interesting that one prominent iPhone publisher-turned-PSP Mini producer expects the pricing to end up roughly the same in both marketplaces.
Do you agree?
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SWATMASTER66
I think this is stupid! There is no need for a psp miny!
heroes_will_fall_26
PSP SUCKS!!!!! DS WINS!!!!!!
Ieyke
There's not a PSP Mini. It's the PSP GO! and it's just a purely digital format version of the PSP. Because it's focused on Downloaded content SONY is going to start making little applications like the iPhone has (games mostly, I think) and THEY are called "Minis".
Presumably you could DL them on your normal PSP too....
idea_machine
Whoa, I never even heard of a PSP Mini, and with apps? Where have I been?
EKG
Hero of Sparta is a fantastic game on the App Store. The Problem is, it doesn't run very well. Many games on the App Store have surpassed Hero of Sparta Visually, and run without a hitch. But this is because of how early in the App Stores Life Hero of Sparta was released, when developers weren't sure how to really develop for it.
If they can fix the slowdown and make the graphics prettier, I will buy it. If it is any more than $6, I'll pass.
cheatingthesystem21
i hope it is $3 and under.
scarekrow417
practicly having an iPhone with out a contract or monthly bills
JerseyOnAcidd
I think that the whole downloadable game process is dumb. I understand that they want something more advanced, but this is just a tad overboard. Just make a new hand held with a longer lasting battery, bigger memory chip, better internet browser, and giving it a unique color style(metallic, glossy), would be good enough in my mind.
BigDogW
it will need to be scaled to work but what the scale could be only sony knows
Alphaq1888
Please explain how this is a fail...?
ROYALHYSTERIA55
FAIL!!!!!!!
dml62395
yes but no
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